Art for Lunch Equals Less Stress
A study, carried out for the City of London, investigated the physical and emotional effects a midday visit to the Guildhall Art Gallery had on a selection of high-flying City workers. After just 40 minutes' viewing the Guildhall's collection, participants reported a 45% reduction in their perceived stress levels and an effective 32% drop in levels of the stress hormone cortisol.
So Better Bankside invites employees in the local area to discover some of Bankside's hidden art galleries during their lunch break.
Relax and Do Some Good
The Menier Gallery, housed in the old Menier Chocolate Factory, offers a dramatic space in which to view and exhibit works of art and design. The Gallery is managed by Paintings in Hospitals (PiH), a registered charity which lends contemporary works of art to hospitals with the aim to improve the environment of hospitals and other healthcare establishments. Paintings in Hospitals relies on grants and donations to continue its work and is grateful for the support provided by the general public, so please leave a donation when you visit.
Forthcoming exhibition: Blackpool & the Fylde College: Final Year Photography Show.
The Novas Contemporary Urban Centre on Southwark Bridge Road showcases and celebrates the work of Novas' customers - people experiencing homelessness or exclusion through a broad range of arts areas. Profits made from the sale of artwork from the gallery will be split between the artist and Novas, where monies will be reinvested into Novas' services to increase access to education, work and training initiatives for homeless and other excluded individuals.
Forthcoming exhibition: Soundings From The Estuary
Relax and Take Art Home
Home to the Royal Watercolour Society and the Royal Society of Painter-Printmakers, Bankside Gallery runs an exciting programme of exhibitions featuring watercolours and prints. All artworks are for sale at affordable prices so take your lunch as an opportunity to find works of art to adorn your walls at home.
Forthcoming exhibition: Of a Feather - An Avian Alphabet, Colin See Paynton
Purdy Hicks Gallery, a commercial gallery, showcases the works of internationally recognised contemporary artists in an impressive display space.
Relax and Fill Your Stomach
Enjoy lunch at Café 171, a modern stylish café serving modern canteen-style food housed in a beautifully refurbished Victorian building, before visiting the adjoining Jerwood Space, showing a year-round programme of the best of contemporary visual arts.
And finally...
Have you seen ‘Poured Lines' at the west end of Southwak Street? It is one of the largest public artworks in London by high profile British Artist Ian Davenport?
Feeling better now?
